Edward white



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E; WHITE, WATGHMAKER'S COMBINED TWEBZERS AND SCREW DRIVER- ;.N 522,640Patented July 10, 1894.

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I EDWARD WHITE, OF LOUTH, ENGLAND.

WATCHMAKERS COMBINED TWEEZERS AND SCREW-DRIVER.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 522,640, dated July 10,1894.

Application filed February 6,1894. Serial No. 499,190. e s.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, EDWARD WHITE, a subject of the Queen of GreatBritain and Ireland, residing-tat Eastgate, Louth, in the county ofLincoln, England, have invented certain new and usefullmprovementsinCombined Tweezers and Screw-D river; and I do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same.

The object of this invention is to provide a combination tool speciallyadapted for the use of watchmakers, jewelers, and others of similaroccupation and'comprises a complete pair of tweezers and a perfectscrewdriver so combined and constructed that the one does not in any wayinterfere with the free use of the other. 4

In the accompanying sheet of illustrative drawings :-Figure 1 representsa vertical'section of combined tweezers and screwdriver constructedaccording to 'this invention, the

tweezers being'in an operative position. Fig.

2 is a vertical section showing the screwdriver in an operativeposition, and Fig. 3 is an elevation of-the same.

A pair of tweezer blades a are secured to, or form part of, a tubularcasing-b having a diaphragm 0 through which passes the screwdriver 01 ofsquare or other cross section so as to prevent its turningin the saiddiaphragm,

' I outwardly by a spring h inclosed by the tubes 2) f and encirclingthe rod (Z, the extension of the said spring being limited by a stop pinZ. Secured to the rod d near its point is a disk '5 formed with aninternal conical cup which whenthe tweezers are in their operativeposition, is drawn and held up by the spring h between their blades asin Fig. 1, but which when it is desired to place the screwdriver in itsoperative position, isiforoed outwardlyby pressing the disk g andcompressing the sprlng h, the points of the blades a being at the sametime pressed together so as to engage when the disk is released in thecupd and prevent the rod from returning to its normal position, and theblades a. from springing open as shown in Figs. 2 and 3.

WhatI claim, and desire to secure by Let- 'ters Patent, is-- .1. Acombined tool comprising a pair of tweezer blades a forming part of thetubular casing b, a sliding tube f, a spring h, a screw driver atsliding through a diaphragm c and being secured to the disk 9, cup 1'and guide e all substantially as set forth.

ED WARD WHITE.

Witnesses:

O. T. SMITH,

186 Willinghdm Street, Gt. Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England, SolicitorsClerk.

PERoY HUDSON,

50 Carter Gate, Gt. Grimsby, Lincol-nshire,

England, Solicitors Clerk.

